Moving beyond state-centric and elitist perspectives, this volume examines everyday security in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and written by scholars from Central Asia and beyond, it shows how insecurity is experienced, what people consider existential thre...

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Other Authors:	Boemcken, Marc von 1976- (Editor), Bagdasarova, Nina (Editor), Ismailbekova, Aksana 1984- (Editor), Schetter, Conrad 1966- (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bristol Bristol University Press 2020
Series:	Spaces of peace, security and development
Subjects:	Civil rights / Kyrgyzstan Human security / Kyrgyzstan Social conflict / Kyrgyzstan Menschliche Sicherheit Kyrgyzstan / Social conditions / 21st century Kirgisien Aufsatzsammlung
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	Moving beyond state-centric and elitist perspectives, this volume examines everyday security in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and written by scholars from Central Asia and beyond, it shows how insecurity is experienced, what people consider existential threats, and how they go about securing themselves. It concentrates on individuals who feel threatened because of their ethnic belonging, gender or sexual orientation. It develops the concept of 'securityscapes', which draws attention to the more subtle means that people take to secure themselves - practices bent on invisibility and avoidance, on disguise and trickery, and on continually adapting to shifting circumstances. By broadening the concept of security practice, this book is an important contribution to debates in Critical Security Studies as well as to Central Asian and Area Studies
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Mar 2021)
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (xii, 215 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781529211962
DOI:	10.46692/9781529211962